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8 results for SUMER from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 21, 2024	11D	Region of ancient Mesopotamia	John Ewbank	Fagliano
Sun Oct 31, 2021	10D	Southern region of Mesopotamia	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Sun Jan 7, 2018	38A	So-called "cradle of civilization" (2)	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sun Dec 12, 2010	51A	Birthplace of cuneiform writing	Karen Young Bonin	Shortz
Thu Mar 18, 2004	52D	So-called "cradle of civilization" (2)	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Jun 22, 1997	85A	Locale of ancient Ur	Matt Gaffney	Shortz
Sun Jun 2, 1996	32A	Land ruled by Sargon	R. Norris	Shortz
Wed Aug 23, 1995	41A	Ur's locale	Jonathan Schmatzbach	Shortz

1 result for SUMER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 22, 2009	Panda	26A	Ancient land of Remus	Mel Taub	Shortz

7 results for SUMER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 13, 1993	36A	Region of ancient Mesopotamia	Bryant White	Maleska
Sat Dec 4, 1982	49A	Ancient Euphrates region	Treusch	Maleska
Fri Nov 21, 1980	60A	Ancient Babylonian region	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Tue Oct 17, 1972	36A	Ancient Mideast land	Unknown	Weng
Mon Sep 22, 1969	35A	Southern Babylonia.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Oct 22, 1966	11D	Season, old style.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Oct 27, 1963	33D	"___ Is Icumen In."	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar

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